128 pages ; 22 cm

Introduction (p.7) -- A letter to a royal academy (p.13) -- The speech of Miss Polly Baker (p.18) -- Alice Addertongue (p.22) -- On choosing a mistress (p.27) -- The antediluvians were all very sober (p.29) -- The oath (p.30) -- Firm resolve (p.30) -- Poor Richard on his deafness (p.31) -- Poor Richard on fate (p.31) -- Who's the ass (p.32) -- The complaint (p.33) -- Time to learn (p.33) -- How to make a striking sundial (p.34) -- Poor Richard (p.36) -- A whimsical cook (p.42) -- The stonecutter (p.43) -- The Boo Bee (p.44) -- A certain constable (p.45) -- Transporting rattle-snakes (p.46) -- rules on making oneself disagreeable (p.49) -- Anthony Anferwit (p.51) -- A letter to his sister, Jane (p.55) -- Father Abraham (p.58) -- The left hand (P.68) -- The mother country (p.70)

Cont.): The Frenchman and the poker (p.71) -- Three fables (p.73) -- A cartoon (p. 74) -- A letter to his son, William (p.75) -- Rules by which a great empire may be reduced (p.77) -- An edict of the King of Prussia (p.87) -- Humbling rebellious American vassals (p.93) -- To a friend in London (p.96) -- The King's own regulars (p.97) -- Petition of the letter Z (p.101) -- The grand leap of the whale (p.103) -- The court of the popular press (p.108) -- The encouragement of idleness (p.113) -- The dream (p.118)

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